MOSCOW (AP) — More than 300,000 people have signed a petition calling for a Russian train conductor to lose her job after she threw a pet cat off a train, believing it was a stray.
The white and ginger tom cat, known as Twix, escaped from his carrier on a train traveling between Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg on Jan. 11.
Volunteers reported that Twix had perished from the severe cold and suffered a number of suspected animal bites.
Others reshared viral footage of the cat being dropped into the snow in temperatures approaching -22 Fahrenheit (-30 Celsius).
“We sincerely regret the death of Twix the cat and apologize to his owners,” the company said in a statement on social media.
Persons:
Twix, RZhD, “, ”
Organizations:
MOSCOW, Volunteers
Locations:
Russian, Yekaterinburg, St, Petersburg, Jan, Kirov, Moscow, Russia